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<h1><a name="standard_c_memory" id="standard_c_memory">Standard C Memory</a></h1>
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<td class="col0"><a href="../../c/mem/calloc.html" class="wikilink1" title="c:mem:calloc">calloc</a></td><td class="col1">allocates and clears a two-dimensional chunk of memory</td>
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<td class="col0"><a href="../../c/mem/free.html" class="wikilink1" title="c:mem:free">free</a></td><td class="col1">returns previously allocated memory to the operating system</td>
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<td class="col0"><a href="../../c/mem/malloc.html" class="wikilink1" title="c:mem:malloc">malloc</a></td><td class="col1">allocates memory</td>
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<td class="col0"><a href="../../c/mem/realloc.html" class="wikilink1" title="c:mem:realloc">realloc</a></td><td class="col1">changes the size of previously allocated memory</td>
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